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Decoding TechImpact of the Commodore 64With sales close to 17 million units, The Commodore 64 is the best-selling single personal computer model of all time. On December 7, 2007, John Markoff, tech reporter for The New York Times, moderated a panel at CHM to celebrate the Commodore's 25th anniversary.First, John chats with Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore International, before being joined by former IBM exec William Lowe, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, and Adam Chowaniac who developed the Amiga.Note: there are few brief periods of Mic troubles that are quickly resolved. To watch a video of this program, please visit the Co...
2025-08-061h 17
FuturologyThe Rise of the Cyberocracy (with John Markoff and Grant Slater)In the 21st century, Silicon Valley has coded into existence a vast memetic machinery — a self-replicating ecosystem of feedback loops, default settings, and algorithms now steering society at scale. Increasingly, it appears this emergent cyberocracy no longer wants to disrupt the world, but to govern it.
In this episode, veteran journalist John Markoff teases out novel strands of thought that are increasingly embedded in the DNA of Washington, DC. From Palo Alto to the Pentagon, from Burning Man to the Beltway, we must reckon with a new networked system of systems where power flows th...
2025-07-221h 35
Human CenteredCan AI Take Common Sense from a Baby?Generative AI tools built on large language models are increasingly "intelligent" yet lack a baby's common sense – the ability to non-verbally generalize to novel situations without additional training. What can developmental science contribute to AI? Tech journalist and former CASBS fellow John Markoff chats with 2023-24 CASBS fellow David Moore, a developmental scientist with expertise in infant cognition, on evaluating the efforts of DARPA's Machine Common Sense program as well as prospects and concerns associated with creating AIs with common sense.DAVID MOORE: Personal website | Claremont Infant Study Center | Wikipedia page | DARPA Machine Common Sense pro...
2025-04-3037 min
Core MemoryOn Steve Jobs, Drugs, AI, Risk and the Enduring Magic of Silicon ValleyDon’t meet your heroes unless your hero is John Markoff. For he is as good as billed.No one has broken more stories about the technology industry or documented more of Silicon Valley’s most crucial moments than Markoff, the longtime scribe for The New York Times. He was the journalist I most wanted to model my career after, and I will remain forever jealous of all the things he witnessed first hand from the rise of semiconductors and the PC industry, to the arrival of the internet and the robotics and AI revolutions. John has alwa...
2025-02-271h 12Human CenteredDemystifying the Disinformation MarketplaceThere never will be enough independent fact checking of online political advertising and their ecosystems. Can we develop methods and tools to demonetize or at least disincentivize the behaviors of disinformation producers as well as the ad firms and content providers in business with them? 2023-24 CASBS fellow Ceren Budak navigates the disinformation marketplace and illuminates pathways for better design of online communities and platforms in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning tech journalist and former CASBS fellow John Markoff. CEREN BUDAK: Faculty webpage | Personal website | Referenced in this episode:"Misunderstanding the harms of on...
2025-01-2846 min
Keen On AmericaEpisode 2256: David Kirkpatrick on his twenty year odyssey from digital idealist to scepticTo conclude our trilogy of interviews with prominent tech journalists to celebrate the upcoming twentieth anniversary of the DLD Conference, today’s interview is with David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect and founder of Techonomy Media. In contrast with Steven Levy and John Markoff, whose attitude toward Silicon Valley doesn’t seem have dramatically changed, Kirkpatrick’s thinking has undergone quite a radical shift over the last twenty years. As he acknowledges, he’s been transformed from a Facebook believer into one of its most acute critics. And, in contrast with Levy and Markoff, Kirkpatrick’s intellectual attention has also b...
2024-11-2754 min
Keen On AmericaEpisode 2254: Steven Levy on what has and hasn't surprised him about the last twenty years of tech historyLast week, we featured an interview with John Markoff, the legendary New York Times Silicon Valley correspondent. If Markoff has an East Coast equivalent, it’s Steven Levy, the former Newsweek technology correspondent and author of best-selling books about hacking, crypto, Google and Facebook. Levy is now Wired’s editor-at-large and when I visited Levy at New York City’s glittering Conde Nast offices, we talked about what has and hasn’t surprised him about the last twenty years of tech history and why he may be the last journalist with the good fortune of being paid to write long art...
2024-11-2549 min
Keen On AmericaEpisode 2250: :John Markoff compares Steve Jobs with contemporary tech titans like Sam Altman and Elon MuskFormer New York Times reporter John Markoff has been writing about Silicon Valley for almost a half century. In December 1993 the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist wrote one of the earliest articles about the World Wide Web, referring to it as a "map to the buried treasures of the Information Age." So where are we now in the history of tech, I asked Markoff. Is the AI boom just one more Silicon Valley cycle of irrational exuberance? And how do contemporary tech titans like Sam Altman and Elon Musk compare with Steve Jobs, who Markoff covered for many years.
2024-11-2154 min
Brave New World -- hosted by Vasant DharEp 87: Andrew McAfee on the Geek MindsetWhat does it mean to be geeky -- and how are geeks changing the world? Andrew McAfee joins Vasant Dhar in episode 87 of Brave New World to share his insights on how geeks have created a brave new innovation culture. Useful resources: 1. Andrew McAfee on Twitter, LinkedIn, Amazon, MIT and his own website. 2. The Geek Way -- Andrew McAfee. 3. The Second Machine Age -- Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee. 4. Elon Musk -- Walter Isaacson. 5. No Rules Rules -- Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer. 6. Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 -- AnnaLee Saxenian. 7. The New Argonauts...
2024-09-121h 12
The Omnibus ShowThe Omnibus Show E070 Judge David Dreyer and Rick Markoff On a Friendship Greater Than DivisionCarmel, IN – September 3, 2024 – On this episode of The Omnibus Show, we welcome the Honorable Judge David Dreyer (Ret.) for the Marion County Superior Court, along with Rick Markoff of the Carmel Rotary Club and the 2021 Rotarian of the Year.This program will focus on their friendship and what developed as a deeper loyalty, hearing about the attacks on 9/11, while having breakfast in Indianapolis. In this season of deep cultural division, these two men with different backgrounds discuss the value of friendship and how tragedy ad difficulty can forge greater bonds.Judge Dreyer earned his J.D. d...
2024-09-0224 minHuman CenteredExposing Sources and Impacts of Election Disinformation CampaignsLegendary tech journalist John Markoff (CASBS fellow, 2017-18) chats with 2023-24 CASBS fellow Young Mie Kim on her groundbreaking efforts to identify how shadowy groups use algorithms and targeted disinformation campaigns during presidential election cycles; measure their real-world distorting effects on voter mobilization or suppression; and illuminate our understanding of resulting political inequalities and their implications for American democracy.YOUNG MIE KIM: CASBS bio | Univ. of Wisconsin faculty page | "The Disinformation Detective" (On Wisconsin magazine) |Kim leads Project DATA (Digital Ad Tracking & Analysis) at UW. | Project DATA on X |Kim is lead author of...
2024-07-0842 minHuman CenteredBridging Adaptive Algorithms and the Public GoodPulitzer Prize-winning tech journalist John Markoff chats with 2022-23 CASBS fellow Nathan Matias about often-overlooked public interest questions and concerns regarding the deployment of tech platform algorithms and AI models. Specifically, Matias is a player in filling the two-way knowledge gaps between civil society and tech firms with an eye on governance, safety, accountability, and advancing the science — including the social science — of human-algorithm behavior. Nathan Matias: Cornell University faculty page | CASBS bio | Personal website |Citizens & Technology LabCoalition for Independent Technology ResearchSelect Matias publications"Humans and Algor...
2024-03-2542 min
The PVDcastEpisode 417 - We Love Movies, How 'Bout You? This past year saw a plethora of great movies hit the theater. On this episode of The PVDcast, I discuss 2023's crop of films with local film critic, Paul Markoff. We converse about all the films we saw, from the biggest blockbusters to the smallest indie flicks. We even wrap up the episode giving a list of movies we are looking forward to seeing in 2024. Grab some popcorn and a soda and settle into this insightful episode! Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to the show & new episodes of The PVDcast drop every Thursday!
2024-02-231h 17Human CenteredThe Shadow of Cybersecurity ExpertisePulitzer Prize-winning tech journalist & 2017-18 CASBS fellow John Markoff chats with 2022-23 CASBS fellow Rebecca Slayton on how the field of computing expertise evolved, eventually giving rise to the niche of professionals who protect systems from cyber-attacks. Slayton's forthcoming book explores the governance & risk implications emerging from the fact that cybersecurity experts must establish their authority by paradoxically revealing vulnerabilities and insecurities of that which they seek to protect.REBECCA SLAYTONCornell University faculty page | | CASBS page | Slayton's book Arguments that Count: Physics, Computing, and Missile Defense, 1949-2012 (MIT Press)Slayton's ar...
2024-01-1739 min
The Relationship GuyLoneliness and Isolation with Dr Kira MarkoffIn this episode of the Relationship Guy podcast, John is joined by Dr. Kira Markoff, a licensed clinical social worker and relationship expert. The topic of discussion is loneliness, particularly during the holiday season. Dr. Markoff shares her personal experience of feeling disconnected and explores the different types of loneliness, including external aloneness and internal barriers to connection. They discuss the impact of social media on loneliness and the importance of fulfilling social needs. The episode also delves into the causes of loneliness, such as grief, and offers strategies for overcoming loneliness, including reaching out to others and engaging...
2023-12-1549 minThe Relationship GuyResolving Conflict in Relationships with Kira MarkoffJohn welcomes back Kira Markoff, a mental health therapist and researcher, to discuss the results of her study on mindfulness and romantic partner conflict. Kira shares that her research focused on the correlation between different facets of mindfulness and various conflict behaviours. She found that acting with awareness, intentionality, and non-judgment were key factors in reducing interactional reactivity and domination during conflicts. Kira emphasises the importance of self-awareness, self-compassion, and effective communication in creating healthy and fulfilling relationships. She also highlights the need for boundaries and self-protection when dealing with relationships that may be harmful or unresponsive to mindful...
2023-12-0142 min
Out Of The Blank#1450 - John MarkoffJohn Markoff is a journalist best known for his work covering technology at The New York Times for 28 years until his retirement in 2016 and a book and series of articles about the 1990s pursuit and capture of hacker Kevin Mitnick. John is the author of "What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry" about the culture and consciousness behind the first PCs—the culture being counter– and the consciousness expanded, sometimes chemically. It’s a brilliant evocation of Stanford, California, in the 1960s and ’70s, where a group of visionaries set out to turn computer...
2023-07-1157 minThe Relationship GuyKeys to a Healthy Relationship With Kira MarkoffJohn speaks to Kira Markoff (LCSW-C,CCTP,YTT200) owner and operator of Connections Mind-Body Wellness, author, yoga, social work, mental health therapy and well-being expert. Kira is passionate about learning and then transforming what she has learned into something that she can share with others through Connections and her book ‘Mindfulness and Me: A Practical Guide for Living’. She hopes to bring peace, hope and positive change to as many as possible with practical applications of meditation, yoga practices and mindfulness as a method of empowerment. John and Kira discuss the main skill set required for successful relat...
2023-05-2645 min
NO(S) LIMIT(ES)# 27 John Markoff - Reflecting on 50-year-old Silicon ValleyJohn Markoff is an affiliate fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human Centered Artificial Intelligence and a staff historian at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.
He has written about technology and science since 1977. From 1988 to 2016 he reported on technology, science, and Silicon Valley for the New York Times.
His work has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize four times, and in 2013 he was awarded a Pulitzer in explanatory reporting.
In the upcoming conversation, John reflects on 50-year-old Silicon Valley.
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2023-03-2251 min
声东击西#247 混搭，碰撞，以及因此产生的那些影响后人的奇思妙想是谁在改变我们的世界？国家机构，大人物，还是一个又一个从主流文化的边缘冒出来的小社群？
六十年代的美国硅谷，一群一心想要逃避世俗嬉皮士找到了计算机这个「比迷幻药更能带来极致愉悦的东西」，他们结成社群，创造出第一台个人电脑，为计算机确定了开放、共享的框架，也由此为此后的世界提供了不竭的思考养料。与此同时，另一群人正在优胜美地的 Camp 4 营地里思考着什么样的攀岩工具能够减少对自然环境的破坏，而前不久宣布将公司 Patagonia 捐赠给地球的 Yvon Chouinard 便是其中一员。
令人好奇的是：从计算机、人工智能到全新的攀岩方式，为什么伟大的创新总是出现在一小群人的「随机碰撞」当中？社群的结成对于我们而言有何意义？一个能够承载创意的「容器」又会具有哪些特质？回到现实，一个能够迸发创意的社群似乎总是与商业化相悖，创新者又怎样弥合理想与现实之间的差距？
本期人物
徐涛，「声动活泼」联合创始人、「声东击西」主播
傅丰元Bob，灵感买家俱乐部发起人
主要话题
[01:57] 「Stay hungry, Stay foolish」其实最早来源于一本反主流文化杂志
[15:46] 60 年代的硅谷反主流文化为个人计算机的发展奠定了最初架构
[23:14] 一个脏乱差的攀岩营地为什么能成为变革与创意诞生的容器？
[41:24] 火人节：沙漠上的临时城市和个人主义精神的延续
[41:29] 回溯 Hacker 与人工智能的历史，创新往往根植于小社群内的启发与碰撞
[57:41] 一个社群运营者的悲观论调：创新者永远不是商业化的最终受益者
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延伸阅读
约翰·马科夫 (John Markoff)：《睡鼠说》（What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counter culture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry）
弗雷德·特纳（Fred Turner）：《数字乌托邦》（From Counterculture to Cyberculture）
斯图尔特·布兰德（Stewart Brand）：《全球概览》（The WHOLE EARTH CATALOG）
乔布斯2005年在斯坦福大学的毕业演讲:(https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1qK4y1K7RM/?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click&vd_source=5f082c084cfb30ed9872b7c7f17dcbb2)
家酿计算机俱乐部（Homebrew Computer Club）：一个早期的计算机业余爱好者组成的俱乐部（从1975年3月5日到1986年12月），成员包括苹果公司的创办人史蒂夫·沃兹尼亚克（Steve Wozniak）和史蒂夫·乔布斯（Steve Jobs）。
弗雷德·摩尔（Fred Moore，1941-1997 年），美国政治活动家，他是个人电脑早期历史的核心人物，也是家酿计算机俱乐部的创始人之一。
John Markoff：A Pioneer, Unheralded, In Technology And Activism
《互联网之子》 The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)
Kevin Kelly:Scenius, or Communal Genius
Camp 4 是位于美国优胜美地（Yosemite）国家公园的一个帐篷专用露营地。第二次世界大战后，它成为著名的“现代攀岩运动的发源地”。它位于优胜美地山谷北侧海拔 4000 英尺（1200 米）处，靠近优胜美地瀑布附近的花岗岩悬崖底部。
罗伊·罗宾斯（Royal Robbins），1935 年 2 月 3 日 -2017 年 3 月 14 日，美国攀岩运动的先驱之一，无螺栓、无岩钉干净攀岩的早期支持者，他与伊冯·乔伊纳德（Yvon Chouinard）一起，通过鼓励使用和保护岩石的自然特征，在改变 1960 年代末和 70 年代初的攀岩文化方面发挥了重要作用。他后来成为著名的皮划艇运动员。
沃伦·哈丁（Warren Harding），1924 年 6 月 18 日 - 2002 年 2 月 27 日，是 1950 年代至 70 年代最有成就和影响力的美国攀岩者之一。
伊冯·乔伊纳德（Yvon Chouinard，1938 年 11 月 9 日－），是美国攀岩者、环保主义者、慈善家和户外产业商人。知名户外品牌 Patagonia 创始人，该公司以环保著称。2022 年，公司创始人乔伊纳德宣布捐赠整个公司，将公司所有利润用于环保事业，公司价值 30 亿美元。
徒手攀岩（Free Solo）：2018年美国纪录片，由伊丽莎白·柴·瓦沙瑞莉和金国威导演。影片记录了攀岩运动家亚历克斯·霍诺尔德2017年6月3日徒手攀爬酋长岩的惊险过程。影片于2018年9月28日在美国公映，票房1900万美元，口碑不俗。影片获得奥斯卡最佳纪录片等多个奖项。
寒山（？－？），巨鹿郡人（今邢台人），唐朝诗僧，约活跃于唐德宗至唐昭宗年间。寒山、拾得、丰干一起隐居于天台山国清寺，被誉为“国清三隐”。
火人节：（Burning Man，又名火人节）是一年一度在美国内华达州的黑石沙漠（Black Rock Desert）举办的活动，九天的活动开始于美国劳动节前一个星期六，结束于美国劳工节（九月第一个星期一）当天。火人节这名字始于周六晚上焚烧巨大人形木像的仪式。这个活动被许多参与者描述为是对社区意识、艺术、激进的自我表达，以及彻底自力更生的实验。
Steven Levy：《黑客：计算机革命的英雄》Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
弗里德里希·奥古斯特·冯·哈耶克，CH（德语：Friedrich August von Hayek，1899年5月8日－1992年3月23日）是出生于奥匈帝国的英国知名经济学家、政治哲学家，1974年诺贝尔经济学奖得主。哈耶克也是20世纪最重要的政治思想家之一，他对于法学、系统思维、思想史、认知科学领域也有相当重要的贡献。他坚持古典自由主义、个人主义、自由市场资本主义，其著作《通往奴役之路》累计销售量超过200万册（截止2010年）。
黑山学院（Black Mountain College），是一所已结业的美国学校。1933 年创立于美国北卡罗来纳州阿什维尔附近，是美国一所以引领革新著名的学校。但在 1957 年结束校务。尽管只有约 23 个年头和约近 1200 名的学生，黑山大学过去在艺术的教育与实践上是最具虚构实验性制度的，在 60 年代的美国造就了数位非凡的前卫派先锋艺术家。该校以拥有在视觉，文学与表演艺术上非凡的教程而自豪，而该校所留下的更持续地影响着教育的哲学或实践。
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2023-03-161h 06
New Books in Journalism“Tech” Journalism and the Many Lives of Stewart BrandJournalist John Markoff has been writing about Silicon Valley for over forty years. In this interview with Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel, Markoff talks about his long career, how he became a “tech journalist” long before that term even existed, and how he came to write his new book, Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand. Markoff and Vinsel also talk about how Brand’s life is interwoven with the history of Silicon Valley and the technology its companies have made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our sh...
2023-02-071h 07
Peoples & Things“Tech” Journalism and the Many Lives of Stewart BrandJournalist John Markoff has been writing about Silicon Valley for over forty years. In this interview with Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel, Markoff talks about his long career, how he became a “tech journalist” long before that term even existed, and how he came to write his new book, Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand. Markoff and Vinsel also talk about how Brand’s life is interwoven with the history of Silicon Valley and the technology its companies have made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-02-071h 07
New Books in Environmental Studies“Tech” Journalism and the Many Lives of Stewart BrandJournalist John Markoff has been writing about Silicon Valley for over forty years. In this interview with Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel, Markoff talks about his long career, how he became a “tech journalist” long before that term even existed, and how he came to write his new book, Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand. Markoff and Vinsel also talk about how Brand’s life is interwoven with the history of Silicon Valley and the technology its companies have made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our sh...
2023-02-071h 08
New Books in the American West“Tech” Journalism and the Many Lives of Stewart BrandJournalist John Markoff has been writing about Silicon Valley for over forty years. In this interview with Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel, Markoff talks about his long career, how he became a “tech journalist” long before that term even existed, and how he came to write his new book, Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand. Markoff and Vinsel also talk about how Brand’s life is interwoven with the history of Silicon Valley and the technology its companies have made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our sh...
2023-02-071h 07
New Books in Biography“Tech” Journalism and the Many Lives of Stewart BrandJournalist John Markoff has been writing about Silicon Valley for over forty years. In this interview with Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel, Markoff talks about his long career, how he became a “tech journalist” long before that term even existed, and how he came to write his new book, Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand. Markoff and Vinsel also talk about how Brand’s life is interwoven with the history of Silicon Valley and the technology its companies have made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our sh...
2023-02-071h 08
The PVDcastEpisode 364 - Paul Markoff XIIOne of the most popular pastimes is watching movies. On this episode of The PVDcast, I am joined by local film critic and co-host of the Filmbound Podcast, Paul Markoff. We recap the many films that we watched last year, giving our opinions on them. We cover some big Hollywood blockbusters, some small indie films, offerings from streaming services and even some horror flicks. If you would like to view a list of the movies discussed to avoid spoilers, jump on over to The PVDcast social medias and check out the list. Don't forget to rate, review a...
2023-01-201h 13
GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCASTLong Strange Tech, part 2The Deadcast concludes its dive into the Grateful Dead’s entanglement with technology, exploring Jerry Garcia’s digital graphics obsession, how Dead Head online communities helped shape the emergent internet, lyricist John Perry Barlow’s manifestoes, & more. Guests: Paul Martin, Mary Eisenhart, David Gans, Steve Silberman, Bob Bralove, Dan English, Doug Oade, Christian Crumlish, Charlie Miller, John Markoff, Erik Davis, Michael CaloreSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2022-11-171h 29GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCASTLong Strange Tech, part 1The Deadcast explores the Grateful Dead’s long-term cosmic entanglement with the California technology world & the architecture of the internet itself, featuring biomusic pioneer Ned Lagin, Dead Heads at the Stanford AI Lab & Apple, sonic heroes from Alembic & Meyer Sound, & more.Guests: Ned Lagin, Ron Wickersham, Susan Wickersham, Daniel Kottke, John Meyer, Helen Meyer, Paul Martin, Andy Moorer, Steve Silberman, Erik Davis, John MarkoffSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2022-11-101h 11
The Jim Rutt ShowEP 164 John Markoff on the Many Lives of Stewart BrandJim talks with John Markoff about his new biography, Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand...
Jim talks with John Markoff about his new biography, Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand. They discuss the meme of Brand as a Zelig, his role as a catalyst, the Pace Layers model, why Brand wasn't a pure libertarian, a Hemingwayesque boyhood, a commitment to conservation, relentless networking, the influence of Frederic Spiegelberg, involvement with psychedelics, his work at a logging outfit, a strong negative reaction to tribalism & why tribal resonances are never the edge, Brand's reading habits, North Beach bohemianism, per...
2022-09-201h 23
The PeripherySilicon Valley: Then & Now (with Former New York Times Journalist John Markoff)This week, The Periphery talks to former New York Times technology journalist John Markoff. Join us as we discuss Silicon Valley back when he grew up and began his career covering technology, and how that history has led to the current moment. This includes discussion on the blockchain (which Markoff first covered in 1992), artificial intelligence, demography, and automation. Leave us an honest review, subscribe, and send us any ideas or feedback that you'd like to share at theperipherypodcast@gmail.com. And be sure to become a Conversationalist on our Patreon if you are eager to support...
2022-08-3032 min
The Lindahl LetterWeb3 the decentralized internetA lot of enthusiasm and money are flowing into cryptocurrency these days. That wave of 25 billion in venture backed financing started back in 2021 [0]. Most of that technology is based on blockchains. The co-founder of Ethereum Gavin Wood as far back as 2014 started talking about a blockchain technology being used to fundamentally change the internet [1]. Gavin is a big proponent of fixing the modern internet and very proud of the idea of coining the term “Web 3.0” certainly before the term became a part of the general lexicon of technology terms. Certainly fixing the modern internet is a noble quest to unde...
2022-05-2807 min
New Books in Environmental StudiesJohn Markoff, "Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand" (Penguin, 2022)Stewart Brand has long been famous if you know who he is, but for many people outside the counterculture, early computing, or the environmental movement, he is perhaps best known for his famous mantra "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." Steve Jobs's endorsement of these words as his code to live by is fitting; Brand has played many roles, but one of the most important is as a model for how to live.In Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand (Penguin, 2022), the contradictions are striking: A blond-haired WASP with a modest family inheritance, Brand went to Exeter and...
2022-05-2451 min
New Books in the American WestJohn Markoff, "Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand" (Penguin, 2022)Stewart Brand has long been famous if you know who he is, but for many people outside the counterculture, early computing, or the environmental movement, he is perhaps best known for his famous mantra "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." Steve Jobs's endorsement of these words as his code to live by is fitting; Brand has played many roles, but one of the most important is as a model for how to live.In Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand (Penguin, 2022), the contradictions are striking: A blond-haired WASP with a modest family inheritance, Brand went to Exeter and...
2022-05-2449 min
New Books in PhotographyJohn Markoff, "Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand" (Penguin, 2022)Stewart Brand has long been famous if you know who he is, but for many people outside the counterculture, early computing, or the environmental movement, he is perhaps best known for his famous mantra "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." Steve Jobs's endorsement of these words as his code to live by is fitting; Brand has played many roles, but one of the most important is as a model for how to live.In Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand (Penguin, 2022), the contradictions are striking: A blond-haired WASP with a modest family inheritance, Brand went to Exeter and...
2022-05-2449 min
New Books in BiographyJohn Markoff, "Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand" (Penguin, 2022)Stewart Brand has long been famous if you know who he is, but for many people outside the counterculture, early computing, or the environmental movement, he is perhaps best known for his famous mantra "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." Steve Jobs's endorsement of these words as his code to live by is fitting; Brand has played many roles, but one of the most important is as a model for how to live.In Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand (Penguin, 2022), the contradictions are striking: A blond-haired WASP with a modest family inheritance, Brand went to Exeter and...
2022-05-2451 min
Long NowJohn Markoff & Stewart Brand: Floating Upstream: The Many Lives of Stewart BrandIn his Long Now Talk, John Markoff was joined in conversation with Long Now's Co-founder Stewart Brand and Executive Director Alexander Rose around Markoff's new biography of Brand.
Journalist John Markoff writes about technology, society and the key figures who shaped Silicon Valley and the personal computer revolution. Along the way, his stories and reporting intersected with Stewart Brand's paths numerous times and in surprising ways.
And now Markoff has distilled Brand's formative rise from the Merry Pranksters and the Whole Earth Catalog, to the marriage of environmental consciousness and hacker capitalism into his newest book, [_Whole Earth: The Many...
2022-04-271h 02
California Sun PodcastJohn Markoff on Silicon Valley's own ZeligLong Time Silicon Valley journalist John Markoff unearths the roots of a tree, whose branches include, among others, Ken Kesey, Steve Jobs, and Elon Musk. Markoff's new book, "Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand," examines a Zelig-like character in both California's 1960s counterculture and the ethos of Silicon Valley. Brand's Whole Earth Catalog remains a cultural bible, from which we are still singing hymns.
2022-04-2030 min
At a DistanceJohn Markoff on the Whole Earth Impact of Stewart BrandVeteran technology journalist John Markoff, author of the new biography “Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand,” discusses the forces that have helped Brand forecast the future, the great value in Brand’s “eco-pragmatist” perspective, and why the next tech innovation is likely to come out of left field.
2022-04-1837 min
Biographers International OrganizationPodcast Episode #90 – John MarkoffThis week we interview John Markoff, a Pulitzer Prize winning, veteran science and technology journalist for The New York Times, the Pacific News Service, InfoWorld, Byte Magazine, and The San Jose […]
2022-04-0830 min
LA Review of BooksJohn Markoff's "Whole Earth" and Ulysses Jenkins's "Without Your Interpretation"This week it’s a LARB Radio doubleheader. In the first half of the show, Kate Wolf talks with John Markoff about his latest book, Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand. Brand is probably best known as the creator of the Whole Earth Catalog, a countercultural magazine he published regularly between 1968 and 1972, and then infrequently up until 1998. With influences ranging from the Beat poets whom Brand met as a youth in San Francisco to his experimentation with LSD, the wisdom of indigenous cultures, and the philosophy of Buckminster Fuller, Whole Earth Catalog featured articles on sustainable living, ecology, an...
2022-04-011h 03
Commonwealth Club of California PodcastJohn Markoff: The Many Lives of Stewart BrandIconic counterculture icon Stewart Brand has been at the center of many of the social and cultural movements launched and nurtured in the Bay Area. Whether it be early computing, the Merry Pranksters and the hippies, the generation-defining Whole Earth Catalog, or the environmental movement, Brand has been at the center of them all. Yet many outside these movements only know him because Apple founder Steve Jobs quoted Brand's famous mantra—stay hungry, stay foolish—in a famous Stanford University commencement speech. Legendary science and technology writer John Markoff hopes to elevate an understanding of Brand's impact on our world.
In hi...
2022-03-301h 08
Discover Top Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureWhole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand by John MarkoffPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/528951 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand Author: John Markoff Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 13 minutes Release date: March 22, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Told by one of our greatest chroniclers of technology and society, the definitive biography of iconic serial visionary Stewart Brand, from the Merry Pranksters and the generation-defining Whole Earth Catalog to the marriage of environmental consciousness and hacker capitalism and the rise of a new planetary culture—the story behind so many other stories Stewart Brand has long been famous if...
2022-03-2210 min
The Long Now FoundationJohn Markoff - Floating Upstream: The Many Lives of Stewart BrandJoin us for an illuminating evening with journalist John Markoff in conversation with Long Now's Co-founder Stewart Brand and Executive Director Alexander Rose around Markoff's new biography of Brand.
Journalist John Markoff writes about technology, society and the key figures who shaped Silicon Valley and the personal computer revolution. Along the way, his stories and reporting has intersected with Stewart Brand's paths numerous times and in surprising ways.
Now, Markoff has distilled Brand's formative rise from the Merry Pranksters and the Whole Earth Catalog, to the marriage of environmental consciousness and hacker capitalism into his newest book, Whole Earth: The...
2022-03-221h 02
Agents of ImpactThe Whole Earth, then and now: John Markoff on Stewart BrandJohn Markoff, the longtime New York Times tech writer and author of a new biography of Stewart Brand, joins David Bank to talk psychedelic drugs, the roots of Silicon Valley and Brand's knack for being in the right place at the right time.https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554161/whole-earth-by-john-markoff/https://impactalpha.com/subscribe/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/agentsofimpact/message
2022-03-2130 min
ImpactAlpha PodcastsAgent of Impact: John Markoff on Stewart BrandJohn Markoff, the longtime New York Times tech writer and author of a new biography of Stewart Brand, joins David Bank to talk psychedelic drugs, the roots of Silicon Valley and Brand's knack for being in the right place at the right time.
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2022-03-2130 min
Insurtech Insider Podcast by 11:FS111. News: Zego expands, Revolut launches pet insurance and Binance insurance fund hits $1bn
Nigel Walsh and John Bean are joined by joined by a great panel of guests to discuss the most recent and exciting news in the world of insurtech.
Joining us today are:
Benji Markoff, CEO at Founder Shield
Vicky Wills, CTO at Zego
We cover the following stories:
Binance user protection insurance fund reaches $1bn valuation 2:38
UK insurtech Zego Expands in Europe, Targeting £20bn Fleet Insurance Market 14:38
Revolut enters insurtech - as it launches pet insurance 26:06
National Insurance: Opposition MPs urge rethink on April tax rise 37:50
Nottinghamshire man drove without insurance or a licence f...
2022-02-2354 min
The PVDcastPaul Markoff XIEach year, thousands of movies are released to entertain millions of people. On this episode of The PVDcast, my guest and I review and discuss the crop of movies that were released in 2021. Paul Markoff is that guest and he is also a local film critic and co-host of the Filmbound Podcast. We cover some big Hollywood blockbusters, some small indie films, offerings from streaming services and even some foreign films. If you would like to view a list of the movies discussed, jump on over to The PVDcast social medias and check out the list. Don't f...
2022-01-061h 12
FilmboundTenetJohn David Washington tries to bring an end to a war being waged on those in the present by people in the future in Christopher Nolan's TENET. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer selects Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman's four features (CHRONICLE OF A DISAPPEARANCE, DIVINE INTERVENTION, THE TIME THAT REMAINS, and IT MUST BE HEAVEN) and Columbus, Indiana's architecture and tours, as seen in Kogonada's drama COLUMBUS. Paul Markoff picks director Michael Showalter's romantic comedy THE BIG SICK starring and co-written by Kumail Nanjiani. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter...
2021-12-2842 minFilmboundSoul | Over the MoonAfter an accident, a jazz pianist desperately wants his situation to return to normal so he can enjoy the big career break he's finally received in Pete Docter and Kemp Powers' animated film SOUL. Also, a girl builds her own rocket ship and sets sail for a lunar landing in Glen Keane and John Kahrs' animated musical OVER THE MOON. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ SOUL clip courtesy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures OVER...
2021-09-2434 minThe PVDcastPaul Markoff XOn this episode of The PVDcast, I'm joined by film critic, Paul Markoff. We discuss the new movies we have seen in 2020. To say that the list we anticipated having is not anything like the list we do have is an understatement. What films made our lists and how did we safely view these films? Of the films we watched, which ones were top-notch and which ones were top-flops? Get the answers to these questions by checking out our box office banter on this installment of The PVDcast! Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to the...
2020-12-1759 minFilmboundThe RookieIn John Lee Hancock's fact-based, inspirational sports drama THE ROOKIE, Dennis Quaid stars as a high school science teacher and former pitching prospect who gets one last unexpected chance to become a Major League Baseball player. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer selects Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's SUGAR, which observes the professional and personal challenges for a pitcher from the Dominican Republic as a minor leaguer in middle America. Paul Markoff picks Robert Zemeckis' CAST AWAY featuring Tom Hanks stranded alone on an island. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. ...
2020-05-1257 minFilmboundA Shaun the Sheep Movie: FarmageddonIn the stop-motion animated comedy A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON, the woolly protagonist tries to help an alien return home while Farmer John turns his property into a extraterrestrial-themed tourist attraction for those fascinated by local rumors of outer space creatures being in the area. Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff discuss actors playing themselves on screen and what to make of such meta performances. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner
2020-04-0832 min
Stuck @OmStuck @Om With John MarkoffIn this episode, I’m Stuck@Om with John Markoff—a renowned technology reporter for the New York Times. John currently allocates his time to writing a biography for Stewart Brand—a writer, editor, and entrepreneur—who is famous for saying “We are as God’s and we might as well get good at it”. John and I discuss topics revolving …
2020-04-0735 minThe PVDcastChris Bournea IIThis episode of The PVDcast is a unique one, as it features Chris Bournea: a Columbus based writer and film maker. He is responsible for the documentary, Lady Wrestler: The Amazing Untold Story of African American Women in the Ring. In February, Chris invited film critic, Paul Markoff and me to partake in a round table discussion about film making. We share our opinions on what critical elements a film maker needs, in order to bring their vision to the big screen. This round table discussion will be later released as a video available through Chris' YouTube channel.
2020-03-191h 16
The Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceAltair 8800 and the dawn of a revolution (Interview)We partnered with Red Hat to promote Season 4 of Command Line Heroes — a podcast about the people who transform technology from the command line up. Season 4 is all about hardware that changed the game. We’re featuring episode 3 from season 4 — called “Personal Computers: The Altair 8800 and the Dawn of a Revolution.” This is the story of personal computers and the revolution that took place in the PC era.
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2020-03-1133 min
The Talk Show With John Gruber277: ‘Polish Stink Eye’ With John Moltz
Special guest John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include Larry Tesler and his “no modes” mantra for UI design, the state of malware on the Mac, third-party default apps on iOS, Apple and the coronavirus outbreak, and a record number of tips and tricks.
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2020-02-242h 43The PVDcastPaul Markoff IXWith a new year, many people take the time to reflect on the past. This episode of The PVDcast will be quite reflective as I am joined by film critic, Paul Markoff (www.filmboundpod.com), to review the films that came out over the past six months. We discuss what films we liked and which films we wished never saw the light of day. We also run down the films that we are excited to see in the first half of 2020. Settle in for one episode that's got more opinions than a Rambo movie has explosions. Don't f...
2020-01-171h 07FilmboundHome AloneOn this special holiday episode, Macaulay Culkin is an eight-year-old who is accidentally left behind when his family goes on a Christmas trip to Paris and must defend himself and the house from burglars played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern in HOME ALONE. Chris Columbus directed and John Hughes wrote this 1990 blockbuster family film. Also, Mark Pfeiffer and Paul Markoff share the film-related wishes they hope might be granted this season and in the new year. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https...
2019-12-2541 min
Stayin' Alive in TechHoward Rheingold: "People Got to Be Free"Howard Rheingold calls himself an Independent Instigator & Observer, and we are so glad he is. Since the 60s, when the first concepts of personal computing and connecting humankind through networks were merely ideas on an LSD trip, he's been watching how technology and human minds interrelate. Howard brings us up to the macro level, discussing how modes of communication shape the way societies behave, or how expressing hope can save an entire generation. Then he takes us to the micro level, comparing Facebook to other platforms that better encourage self-expression, telling us about the 'five essential literacies...
2019-10-101h 15FilmboundThe Karate Kid (1984) | Just One of the GuysIt's an '80s double feature on this episode as a bullied teenage boy new to California finds help from a kindly maintenance man who teaches him a martial art in John G. Avildsen's THE KARATE KID. Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, and William Zabka star. Also, Joyce Hyser believes being a girl is why her story isn't entered in a high school competition for a summer job at a newspaper, so she poses as a boy to get what she thinks she deserves in Lisa Gottlieb's comedy JUST ONE OF THE GUYS. Send...
2019-09-041h 07
The Gray Area with Sean IllingA mind-bending, reality-warping conversation with John HiggsI don’t usually begin interviews with the question “who the hell are you?” But, then again, not every guest is John Higgs.I fell into Higgs’s work by accident. An offhand recommendation of his book on the KLF, a British band that burnt a million pounds but couldn’t explain why they did it. What’s unusual is that I’ve not quite been able to climb back out of it. Higgs’s work is reality-warping. Once you put on his lenses, it’s hard to take them back off.At the center of Higgs’s strange...
2019-08-291h 29
The Future of EverythingJohn Markoff: The past, present and future of Silicon ValleyRuss Altman: Today, on The Future of Everything the future of Silicon Valley. Periodically, in human history every now and then there is an unusual mix of opportunity, capital, talent, technology in a geographical region that concentrates this and creates perhaps an unusual period of creativity, invention and sometimes great impact on a global scale. Far beyond, what you might expect from that local geography.
I like to think about the Italian Art Renaissance in the 15th and 16th century, focused in Florence. So, removed from Rome, the seat of Italian power and the church power. The...
2019-08-1628 minThe PVDcastMovie MayhemIt's the 200th episode of The PVDcast! On this extended version of this beloved podcast, I am joined by two guests. First is Russ Streiner, Johnny from the film, Night of the Living Dead. Russ discusses his role in the aforementioned film and his other projects, including how he is currently helping new filmmakers. Additionally, I am also joined by film critic, Paul Markoff. We chat about the crop of films that have been released during the first half of 2019. (NOTE: a list of the films discussed is posted on The PVDcast's social media accounts to prevent spoilers). With...
2019-08-011h 11FilmboundRocketmanElton John's rise to fame and fortune as a rock superstar is traced in Dexter Fletcher's ROCKETMAN. Taron Egerton stars as the chart-topping singer-songwriter. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer selects director Jeff Nichols' music videos for Lucero's "Long Way Back Home" and Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis' "Astrodome," which he co-directed with José Luis González. Paul Markoff picks Jay Roach's political comedy THE CAMPAIGN with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ ROCKETMAN cl...
2019-06-1936 minFilmboundBoyz n the HoodWriter-director John Singleton's BOYZ N THE HOOD takes us into south central Los Angeles, Crenshaw specifically, to observe what life is like for a group of friends as they grow into young adulthood with violence or the threat of violence a part of their community. Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, and Laurence Fishburne are among the cast of Singleton's 1991 debut film. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer thrills to the ancient Chinese action and political intrigue in Zhang Yimou's SHADOW (YING). Paul Markoff appreciates the drama and dark humor in Ruben Ӧstlund's FORCE MAJEURE (TURIST). S...
2019-06-0549 min
Remotely InterestedRI Podcast 22: John Markoff – Silicon Valley, Networks and Distributed ComputingJohn Markoff is a Pulitzer Prize winning technology journalist, who retired from his position at the New York Times in 2017. He grew up in the Bay Area of California, and was one of the first journalists to write about the World Wide Web.
This interview includes a discussion about Silicon Valley as an idea and workplace; counter cultures and technology; distributed computing and the evolution of the internet / World Wide Web. There is also some discussion about self-driving vehicles toward the end of the interview. Work on a Stewart Brand biography was also touched upon.
Books written by Markoff include...
2019-05-0948 minHuman CenteredLabor & Work in the Era of AI & Automation - Jerry JacobsJerry Jacobs at U PennThe much discussed paper on automation and the workforce by Frey and Osborne"Will the Robots Take Care of Grandma?" Jerry Jacobs"Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren" John Maynard Keynes, 1930"Smarter Than You Think" A series examining advances in AI and impacts on society (including pieces by host John Markoff)Explore Bureau of Labor Statistics data yourselfCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences@casbsstanford on twitter
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at...
2019-03-3037 minFilmboundExoticaThe lives of alienated and secretive individuals converge in a strip club in writer-director Atom Egoyan's 1994 drama EXOTICA starring Bruce Greenwood, Mia Kirshner, Elias Koteas, and Don McKellar. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer covers the Wexner Center for the Arts' Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration and spotlights Alfred Santell's melodrama THAT BRENNAN GIRL and John Berry's CLAUDINE with Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones. Paul Markoff picks Nicolas Winding Refn's DRIVE with Ryan Gosling as a stuntman by day and getaway driver by night. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com.
2019-03-2741 min
GrottoPodEpisode 100: John Markoff on Stewart BrandPulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Markoff joins co-host Ben Marks of CollectorsWeekly.com on the GrottoPod this week to talk about his forthcoming biography of Stewart Brand. Markoff, who spent 28 years at the New York Times,
2019-03-1927 minFilmboundThe Lego Movie 2: The Second PartIn THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART, Bricksburg has become Apocalypseburg, and the threat of alien invasion looms. When Lucy, Batman, and others are kidnapped and taken to the Systar System, it's up to the Chris Pratt-voiced Emmett to save them and stop the impending Our-Mom-Ageddon. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer reconsiders director Jake Kasdan's musical biopic parody WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY starring John C. Reilly. Paul Markoff selects David Twohy's thriller A PERFECT GETAWAY with Milla Jovovich and Steve Zahn. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @f...
2019-02-2735 minThe PVDcastPaul Markoff VIIIIt's the middle of January and you know what that means! It's time for Paul Markoff to make his semiannual stop by The PVDcast to chat about movies. Paul and I talk about the films that came out in the last half of 2018. We discuss the flicks that we thoroughly enjoyed and some we should have avoided. Be aware that we try not to give away too much about these flicks; but there is always the chance that something could be spoiled. With that being said, join us on a simply, spectacular, cinematic installment of The PVDcast! D...
2019-01-181h 06FilmboundRalph Breaks the Internet | WidowsWreck-It Ralph and Vanellope, voiced by John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman, learn what life is like beyond arcade games when they go online in RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET. Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, and Elizabeth Debicki lose their husbands in a heist gone wrong and must follow in their thieving ways to come up with $2 million their spouses took from a crime boss in director and co-writer Steve McQueen's WIDOWS. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ RALPH...
2018-12-1954 minFilmboundHalloweenMichael Myers breaks free and seeks to terrorize Haddonfield, Illinois again forty years later, but Jamie Lee Curtis' Laurie Strode is ready and waiting to get her vengeance in co-writer/director David Gordon Green's HALLOWEEN, a sequel to John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer finds the appeal in Hirokazu Kore-eda's crime drama THE THIRD MURDER (SANDOME NO SATSUJIN). Paul Markoff enjoys the humor and camaraderie among three nerdy friends living in a tough neighborhood getting mixed up in things they shouldn't in Rick Famuyiwa's DOPE. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@g...
2018-11-1433 minFilmboundHold the DarkJeffrey Wright goes into the Alaskan wilderness to hunt wolves suspected of killing children in director Jeremy Saulnier's HOLD THE DARK. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer appreciates the action, humor, and satire in John Carpenter's THEY LIVE and picks BISBEE '17, AMÉRICA, and HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING as must-see films at the Wexner Center for the Arts' Unorthodocs. 2018 film festival. Paul Markoff savors the lurid thrills of David Fincher's GONE GIRL. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/
2018-10-1728 minFilmboundSearching | To All the Boys I've Loved BeforeJohn Cho plays a desperate father who searches his missing teenage daughter's computer and social media for clues to her whereabouts in director and co-writer Aneesh Chaganty's thriller SEARCHING. Also, Lana Condor is a high school junior whose secret love letters are unknowingly sent to onetime objects of her affection and lead to a fake relationship of convenience with Noah Centineo in director Susan Johnson's TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE, an adaptation of Jenny Han's young adult novel. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound
2018-09-2743 minFilmboundBlacKkKlansmanTwo Colorado Springs police officers infiltrate a local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in director Spike Lee's BLACKKKLANSMAN. John David Washington is the African-American cop developing close relationships over the phone with Klan members, and Adam Driver is the white, Jewish colleague who stands in for him at face-to-face meetings. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer praises Ingmar Bergman's WINTER LIGHT (NATTVARDSGÄSTERNA), a notable inspiration for Paul Schrader's FIRST REFORMED. Paul Markoff appreciates Alexander Payne's NEBRASKA with Bruce Dern and Will Forte. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @fil...
2018-09-2244 minFilmboundBlindspottingCo-written by its two lead actors and directed by Carlos López Estrada, BLINDSPOTTING features Daveed Diggs trying to get through his last days of probation without Rafael Casal, as his best friend, getting him into additional trouble. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer enjoys the humor, drama, and romance in director Jon M. Chu's CRAZY RICH ASIANS, and Paul Markoff admires director John Lee Hancock's THE FOUNDER with Michael Keaton as the highly ambitious and ruthless businessman who transformed McDonald's into a dominant fast food chain. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com.
2018-09-0635 minThe PVDcastPaul Markoff VIIResident film critic, Paul Markoff, joins me on this episode of The PVDcast. Paul is making his seventh appearance on this podcast to discuss one of our shared passions - movies! We discuss the movies that have come out in the first half of 2018. We give our thoughts on what we liked and didn't like about the films that we saw from earlier this year. We don't give away too much about these flicks, but there is always the chance that something could be spoiled. Listen with caution! We also chat about Paul joining the world of podcasting; as h...
2018-08-031h 06
Raw DataThe Looking GlassThe Valley comes of age as the center of innovation and personal computing. Doug Englebart delivers the Mother of All Demos. Steve Jobs makes a fateful visit to Xerox PARC. On The WELL, people learn what it means to socialize online. Guests: Leslie Berlin, John Markoff, and Howard Rheingold.
2018-05-2439 min
Raw DataDrop CityInspired by cybernetics and LSD, Stewart Brand creates the Whole Earth Catalog as a how-to manual for the commune movement. The catalog articulates a philosophy of tech idealism and individual empowerment. Guests: Fred Turner, John Markoff, and Kevin Kelly.
2018-05-1736 minThe Talk Show With John Gruber195: ‘I Do Like Throwing a Baby’ With John Moltz
Special guest John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include more follow-up from WWDC 2017, the iPad Pro models and ProMotion, Scott Forstall's interview with John Markoff regarding the 10-year anniversary of the original iPhone, the ongoing shitshow at Uber, quick thoughts on the Nintendo Switch, and more. Also: guess which John enjoys throwing babies into the air.
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2017-06-271h 53
DownloadArtisanal Soda BarsAmazon is looking to push organic kale with its purchase of Whole Foods, while also taking on clothing subscription services. Over at Apple, an internal meeting about secrecy leaked to the press. Oh, sweet irony.
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Links and Show Notes: Amazon to Buy Whole Foods for $13.4 Billion - The New York Times
2017-06-2250 min
Apple 3.005: John Markoff of the NYT on covering Apple"Over 2,000 bylines, each one thoroughly reported, crisply rendered, and gloriously drenched with quiet authority."
2017-03-1025 min
Decoder with Nilay PatelRecode Decode: John Markoff, ex-reporter, The New York TimesTechnology journalist and former New York Times reporter John Markoff talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his nearly three-decade long career covering tech for the Times before retiring at the end of 2016. He reflects on why Steve Jobs was both a great and terrible person to interview and how science fiction books such as "Neuromancer," "Snow Crash" and "True Names" gave him a leg up on other reporters. Markoff says the most important issues facing the tech world today include the dangers of anonymity online; how scientific advances will make it easy to edit genes; and why roboticists need...
2017-02-0658 min
迟早更新迟早更新 #37 吃螺蛳粉，读《离线》还记得几年前火热的「科技与人文的交叉路口」这个词么？这期我们跟傅丰元一起，聊了聊《离线》这本站在这个交叉路口上的、目前所知最棒的中文科技杂志，以及围绕在它周边的一些话题——从《离线》到「利器」，从选题到写作，从工具到偏好，从阅读推荐到正宗广西螺蛳粉。本期主要内容：- 《离线》杂志 https://the-offline.com/- Kevin Kelly 的书《技术元素》https://book.douban.com/subject/10588021/- Laurie Anderson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Anderson- 初音未来巡演页面 HATSUNE MIKU EXPO http://mikuexpo.com/- Ted Nelson 的 Project Xanadu http://www.xanadu.net/https://www.nytimes.com/by/john-markoff- John Markoff 的《纽约时报》页面 https://www.nytimes.com/by/john-markoff- Notion https://www.notion.so/- ONES Piece 关于缅甸互联网的译文《当数千万人突然能用上 Facebook 之后》https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/24566612- 刘慈欣的「利器」http://liqi.io/liucixin/- 陈素封的文章《像纳博科夫一样写作：卡片创作法》http://www.cnfeat.com/blog/2016/11/20/NabokovWriteStyle/- Josef Müller-Brockmann 的 《平面设计中的网格系统》http://www.typeisbeautiful.com/grid-system/- The California Sunday Magazine https://www.californiasunday.com/本期主播：任宁、枪枪本期嘉宾：傅丰元「迟早更新」是一档以科技创新、生活方式和未来商业为主要话题的播客节目，也是风险基金 ONES Ventures 内部关于热情、趣味和好奇心的音频记录。我们希望通过这档播客，能让熟悉的事物变得新鲜，让新鲜的事物变得熟悉。 官网：http://www.weareones.com/2微博：http://weibo.com/chizaogengxin如果有任何问题或反馈，欢迎发电子邮件至 embrace@weareones.com
2017-01-161h 25
迟早更新Episode 37: 吃螺蛳粉，读《离线》 还记得几年前火热的「科技与人文的交叉路口」这个词么？这期我们跟傅丰元一起，聊了聊《离线》这本站在这个交叉路口上的、目前所知最棒的中文科技杂志，以及围绕在它周边的一些话题——从《离线》到「利器」，从选题到写作，从工具到偏好，从阅读推荐到正宗广西螺蛳粉。本期主要内容：- 《离线》杂志 https://the-offline.com/- Kevin Kelly 的书《技术元素》https://book.douban.com/subject/10588021/- Laurie Anderson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Anderson- 初音未来巡演页面 HATSUNE MIKU EXPO http://mikuexpo.com/- Ted Nelson 的 Project Xanadu http://www.xanadu.net/https://www.nytimes.com/by/john-markoff- John Markoff 的《纽约时报》页面 https://www.nytimes.com/by/john-markoff- Notion https://www.notion.so/- ONES Piece 关于缅甸互联网的译文《当数千万人突然能用上 Facebook 之后》https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/24566612- 刘慈欣的「利器」http://liqi.io/liucixin/- 陈素封的文章《像纳博科夫一样写作：卡片创作法》http://www.cnfeat.com/blog/2016/11/20/NabokovWriteStyle/- Josef Müller-Brockmann 的 《平面设计中的网格系统》http://www.typeisbeautiful.com/grid-system/- The California Sunday Magazine https://www.californiasunday.com/本期主播：任宁、枪枪本期嘉宾：傅丰元「迟早更新」是一档以科技创新、生活方式和未来商业为主要话题的播客节目，也是风险基金 ONES Ventures 内部关于热情、趣味和好奇心的音频记录。我们希望通过这档播客，能让熟悉的事物变得新鲜，让新鲜的事物变得熟悉。 官网：http://www.weareones.com/2微博：http://weibo.com/chizaogengxin如果有任何问题或反馈，欢迎发电子邮件至 embrace@weareones.com
2017-01-151h 25
Aspen Ideas to GoOn the Road to Artificial IntelligenceOnce the realm of science fiction, smart machines are rapidly becoming part of our world—and these technologies offer amazing potential to improve the way we live. Imagine intelligent, autonomous vehicles that reduce crashes and robots that can help your aged grandma move around safely. In this episode, Gill Pratt, CEO of the Toyota Research Institute, talks with John Markoff of The New York Times about how scientists are pushing the boundaries of human knowledge in autonomous vehicles and robotics.
aspenideas.org
2016-10-1155 min
TWiT Throwback (Video)Tech News Today 1415: Holiday Special - John Markoff
John Markoff joins us to talk about his new book: "Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots."
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2015-12-2438 min
Episode 030 : AI with John MarkoffIn this episode we talk to John Markoff, science writer for The New York Times and author of the book Machines of Loving Grace about the complicated and evolving relationship between humans and computers. Listen as he squashes our dreams of near future driver-less cars and conscious sex robots with pleasure centers.
2015-11-0800 min
The Long Now FoundationThe Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots - John MarkoffIn recent years
the automation debate has returned. Author and veteran tech journalist John Markoff discusses the potential and peril in designing robots for human use.
"The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots" was given on September 29, 02015 as part of The Long Now Foundation's “Conversations at The Interval” Salon Talks. These hour long talks are recorded live at The Interval, our bar, cafe, & museum in San Francisco. Since 02014 this series has presented artists, authors, entrepreneurs, scientists (and more) taking a long-term perspective on subjects like art, design, history, nature, technology, and time. To follow the talks, you can:
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2015-09-2959 min
The a16z Showa16z Podcast: Talking Humans and Machines with NYT’s John MarkoffLongtime New York Times technology and science writer John Markoff joins the a16z Podcast to discuss our changing relationship with technology and machines ... as well as the changing nature of Silicon Valley itself (where Markoff grew up).
Jumping off from the themes of Markoff’s new book, Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots, we explore the future of human and robot work; hear about chatbots that keep kids enthralled during "toilet time;" and the implications of “the wheels finally falling off of Moore’s Law” -- something people have long pre...
2015-08-2840 min
Ecco BooksMACHINES OF LOVE AND GRACE by John MarkoffRead by George Newbern
About the Book
As robots are increasingly integrated into modern society—on the battlefield and the road, in business, education, and health—Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times science writer John Markoff searches for an answer to one of the most important questions of our age: will these machines help us, or will they replace us?
In the past decade alone, Google introduced us to driverless cars, Apple debuted a personal assistant that we keep in our pockets, and an Internet of Things connected the smaller tasks of everyday life to the farthest reaches of the internet. There is l...
2015-08-2505 min
EdgeCastJohn Markoff - The Next Wave [7.16.15]JOHN MARKOFF is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who covers science and technology for The New York Times. His most recent book is the forthcoming Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/john_markoff-the-next-wave
2015-07-1638 min
Entheogen005: A Positive LSD Story – Tangible Benefits of EntheogensRecorded on January 19th, 2015This is Entheogen: three human beings discussing generating the divine within while still being human beings. In this show we discuss tangle benefits of psychedelic use. We open with one our favorite Bill Hicks bits.Topics:
Francis Crick, Cricked
- Francis Crick, Nobel Prize-winning father of modern genetics, deduced the double-helix structure of DNA: may have been influenced by LSD.
- Kary Mullis, inventor of PCR, a scientific breakthrough that accelerated the sequencing of the human genome: "I found it to be a mind-opening experience. It was ce...
2015-01-2300 min
Psychedelic SalonPodcast 425 – “Drug Policy, Technology and Everything Else”Guest speaker: John Gilmore
PROGRAM NOTES:
[NOTE: All quotations are by John Gilmore.]
“I thank medical marijuana for breaking down social resistance to recreational marijuana.”
“In medical marijuana states it was the gay community that developed political skills in working for their own liberation that then applied those skills to liberate marijuana in a medical context in the aids fight. Those people blazed a trail for us.”
“I think encouraging courage among people who are in the know to actually say what they know is a way to have positive social change. It's a way that the powerful are vulnerable to the ord...
2014-12-0154 minPsychedelic SalonPodcast 425 – “Drug Policy, Technology and Everything Else”Guest speaker: John Gilmore
PROGRAM NOTES:
[NOTE: All quotations are by John Gilmore.]
“I thank medical marijuana for breaking down social resistance to recreational marijuana.”
“In medical marijuana states it was the gay community that developed political skills in working for their own liberation that then applied those skills to liberate marijuana in a medical context in the aids fight. Those people blazed a trail for us.”
“I think encouraging courage among people who are in the know to actually say what they know is a way to have positive social change. It's a way that the powerful are vulnerable to the ord...
2014-12-0154 minPsychedelic SalonPodcast 425 – “Drug Policy, Technology and Everything Else”Guest speaker: John Gilmore
PROGRAM NOTES:
[NOTE: All quotations are by John Gilmore.]
“I thank medical marijuana for breaking down social resistance to recreational marijuana.”
“In medical marijuana states it was the gay community that developed political skills in working for their own liberation that then applied those skills to liberate marijuana in a medical context in the aids fight. Those people blazed a trail for us.”
“I think encouraging courage among people who are in the know to actually say what they know is a way to have positive social change. It's a way that the powerful are vulnerable to the ord...
2014-12-0154 minPsychedelic SalonPodcast 425 – “Drug Policy, Technology and Everything Else”Guest speaker: John Gilmore
PROGRAM NOTES:
[NOTE: All quotations are by John Gilmore.]
“I thank medical marijuana for breaking down social resistance to recreational marijuana.”
“In medical marijuana states it was the gay community that developed political skills in working for their own liberation that then applied those skills to liberate marijuana in a medical context in the aids fight. Those people blazed a trail for us.”
“I think encouraging courage among people who are in the know to actually say what they know is a way to have positive social change. It's a way that the powerful are vulnerable to the ord...
2014-12-0154 min
CUNY TV's Brian LehrerAOL Meet HuffpoHenry Blodgett of The Business Insider and Alan Mutter of the Newsosaur blog with an online journalism update. Then, the New York Times’ John Markoff on the Stuxnet worm. Plus: Gabriella Coleman of NYU on the visuals of Anonymous.
2011-02-1000 min
Changkhui: ChangkhuiChangkhui: 6. General Discussion about SecurityWe lightly talked about what we had read, heard or witnessed about security. We referred to a few books that we read such as The Cuckoo's Egg (Cliff Stoll), Takedown (sutomu Shimomura and John Markoff), Catch Me if You Can (Stan Redding (Author), Frank W. Abagnale), The Art of the Steal (Frank W. Abagnale) and Confessions of a Bangkok Private Eye (Warren Olson). We also talked about what we had seen in Thailand.
คุยกันเบาๆเรื่อง Security ทั่วไป ที่เราได้ไปเจอหรือไปอ่านมา ทั้งนี้เราได้นำหนังสือ ๓-๔ เล่มมาเล่าประกอบด้วย เช่น The Cuckoo's Egg (Cliff Stoll), Takedown (sutomu Shimomura and John Markoff), Catch Me if You Can (Stan Redding (Author), Frank W. Abagnale), The Art of the Steal (Frank W. Abagnale) และ Confessions of a Bangkok Private Eye (Warren Olson)
2006-09-1700 min